The Senate Finance Committee added more than $350 million to the 2012-13 spending plans, restoring all the one-time money removed by a bloc of conservative GOP lawmakers in the House who want to shrink state government spending — and pouring in additional piecemeal financing.

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The man shot to death Thursday during a crime spree in West Monroe was a Ruston native.
Garland E. “Gene” Henley Jr., 58, of West Monroe, was shot outside of Brookshire’s Supermarket on Cypress Street. He was reported transported to Glenwood Medical Center, where he later died.

Henley, a retired oil field worker, was born on Aug. 22, 1952, in Ruston. He was a 1971 graduate of Ruston High School, where he ran track and played football. His alleged killer, Steven Lane Salsbury Jr., 26, shot and killed himself Friday during a standoff at a Bass Pro Shop parking lot in downtown Oklahoma City.

Ruston Police Chief Steve Rogers was a childhood friend of Henley’s and said he was saddened by the news.

The holidays can be a wonderfully cheerful time. Unfortunately, for many it can also be one of the most heartbreaking times of year.

Janet Wilson, who has been through a divorce herself, said the holidays can be one of the worst times.

“It’s the worst time for people that are going through separation and divorce,” Wilson said
“You really grieve during this time. Holidays revolve around family, and if you’re not with your spouse anymore, everything’s different. It’s an incredibly hard time.”

Margaret Wagner, a Korean War veteran, recently visited the Louisiana Military Museum.

Known as Margaret McLeod at the time of her service, Wagner spent time in Japan as a member of the United States Army. She was also given the opportunity to play a small role in the 1953 film “Never Wave at a WAC,” alongside starlet Rosalind Russell and the famous Gen. Omar Bradley, while stationed in Petersburg, Virginia.

Wagner was raised in a small town near Des Moines, Iowa. She said she joined the service on March 1, 1951 for patriotic reasons.